Deanna AzureFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A passenger in a stolen vehicle is arrested for possession of meth and on an outstanding warrant. Police say 40-year-old Deanna Azure was one of two passengers detained after police spotted the stolen vehicle at Holiday Station Store at 1020 19th Avenue North shortly after 1:30 a.m. Azure has no permanent address. The driver was in…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion should be left to the states in a video released Monday. “Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights,” Trump said in the video posted on his Truth Social site. “My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed the excessive-force lawsuit of a New York woman who was injured in an explosion during the protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In orders on Wednesday and Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor granted motions to dismiss the 2018 lawsuit by Sophia Wilansky, who alleged her…
Kelly Armstrong and Michelle Strinden (R) FARGO (KFGO) – North Dakota’s Republican and Democratic parties have selected their nominees for governor. Kelly Armstrong and State Representative Michelle Strinden are the Republican party’s endorsed candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. Armstrong announced his candidacy in January after Gov. Doug Burgum’s announcement that he would not be seeking a third term. Armstrong…
Alex Balazs (R) / Trygve Hammer (D)FARGO (KFGO/North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Republicans endorsed Alex Balazs for U.S. House on Saturday after candidate Rick Becker urged delegates to spoil ballots and Julie Fedorchak withdrew from the race. The result was largely symbolic as all three Republican candidates plan to compete in the June 11 primary. Balasz, a military veteran…
FacebookZAMBIA (KVRR/KFGO) — A Hopkins, Minnesota woman was killed after the vehicle she was in while on safari was attacked by an elephant. The incident occurred on Saturday at a national park in Zambia, Africa. Investigators say 80-year-old Gail Mattson was fatally injured when a bull elephant unexpectedly charged at the safari vehicle which had become trapped by terrain and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — As North Dakota’s Republican and Democratic parties gather for endorsing conventions this week, they face very different challenges. For Republicans, it’s a question of whether top candidates will keep seeking the party’s endorsement. For Democrats, it’s an even tougher question of whether there will be a full slate of candidates to endorse. The state’s dominant Republican…
PHOTO/UND ATHLETICS GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS) – North Dakota forward Hunter Johannes has been signed by the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) to an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2023-24 season as well as a standard player’s contract for the 2024-25 year, as announced by the club on Wednesday. Johannes finished his one…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police are investigating a theft at Starbucks on Highway 10 and 32nd Avenue. It happened around 7 p.m. They say an employee left the cash register open and a man grabbed the cash out of the till and ran out of the store. Police say 52-year-old Abraham Cozzi got in a vehicle which was stopped…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Dilworth man is accused of Stolen Valor in Federal Court. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Bemidji says Mikhail Wicker, 37, falsely claimed to be a decorated marine veteran in order to collect benefits from the government from 2015 to 2020. Court documents say Wicker claimed to have served in Iraq and said he was a…
